On Block Sizes, Gas Limits and Scalability
There has been much discussion about raising Ethereum’s block gas limit recently.Some argue for bigger blocks based on Moore’s law, some based on a personal gut feeling, some are just trolling around and others are afraid that other chains like Solana will outpace Ethereum when it comes to widespread user adoption.
Client diversity on Ethereum's consensus layer
Ethereum has multiple interoperable clients developed and maintained in different languages by independent teams. This is a major achievement and can provide resilience to the network by limiting the effects of a bug or attack to only the portion of the network running the affected client. However, this strength is only realized if users distribute roughly evenly across the available clients. At present, the vast majority of Ethereum nodes run a single client, inviting unnecessary risk to the network.
Ethereum moves back above $2,200
Aaccording to OKX market data, Ethereum rebounded above $2200 and is now priced at $2216.35, with a 24-hour decline narrowing to 6.48%.
Ethereum drops below $2,200
Ethereum fell below $2200 and is now trading at $2188.48, with a 24-hour drop of 8.48%. <br>
ETH briefly broke through $2,400 and then fell back, down 3.16% in 24H
According to the market data from Eu Yi OKX, ETH fell after a short-term breakthrough of 2400 USDT, and is now reported at 2395.74 USDT, with a 24-hour decline of 3.16%.
Ethereum recovers and briefly breaks through $2,400
According to OKX market data, Ethereum rebounded and briefly broke through $2400, currently priced at $2396, with a 24-hour decline narrowing to 3.1%.
Ethereum Foundation Engages in Major ETH Swap as Price Falls Below $2,400
The Ethereum Foundation has reportedly swapped over $1.5 million worth of ETH for DAI stablecoin, selling 700 ETH on Cow Protocol and acquiring 1.68 million DAI tokens. This move comes as the price of Ethereum dropped below $2,400 and major ETH whale activity suggests a further sell-off. In the past five hours, ETH worth $122.15 million has been dumped across various exchanges, including Binance and Coinbase. Despite a short-term bearish downturn, ETH is trading above the 50-day and 100-day EMAs, indicating a bullish sentiment in the long term.
Nethermind fixes a critical bug in Ethereum client
The development company Nethermind has fixed a severe error in the Ethereum execution client that caused block processing failure for validators. According to the company's Technical Director, Daniel Cadela, the consensus error affected software versions 1.23 to 1.25. All node operators need to update to version 1.25.2. The error was first reported by GitHub user wga22, who stated that the Nethermind execution client had an error when verifying transactions. Although this event affected a small portion of Ethereum nodes, it sparked a new discussion about the network's dependency on large clients such as Geth.
Multiple whales accumulated a total of 26,841 ETH
According to Lookonchain monitoring, whales are accumulating ETH, with a total of 26,841 ETH (US$64.5 million). Address 0x55C1 withdrew 7,779 ETH (US$18.7 million) from Binance 2 hours ago. Addresses 0xDa17 and 0x278f (possibly the same person) withdrew 8,077 ETH (US$19.4 million) from Bitfinex. Address 0x5a11 withdrew 3,228 ETH (US$7.8 million) from Binance. 6 new wallets withdrew 7,756 ETH (US$18.7 million) from Binance and Kraken.
The Ethereum Foundation converted 700 ETH into DAI and transferred it to the 0x9eE address used to fund the disbursement of funds.
As monitored by on-chain analyst Yu Jin, half an hour ago, the Ethereum Foundation sold 700 ETH at a price of $2,406 and exchanged it for 1,684,445 DAI at the address used to fund the funding withdrawal. Path: Ethereum Foundation transferred ETH → 0xbC9 address → sold for DAI at 0xd77 address → used for funding withdrawal at address (0x9eE).
